Charles green



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BreevLoad-ng Fire-Arm.

'Patented Deo. 6, 1870.

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CHARLES-GREEN, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES PARKER; or MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent No.109,890, dated December 6, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT iN BREECH-LOADING FIRE-ARMS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of .the same.

To all whom 'it may concer-n:

Be it known that I, CHARLES GREEN, ot' Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invente'd anew Improvement in Breech loading Fire-Arms; and'I do hereby declare thel t'ollowing, when taken in connect-ion with the accompanying drawing and the letters ot' reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description ot' the same, and which said drawing constitutes vpart of this specification, and represents' in- Figure l, a side view;

Figure 2, a central section, the barrel locked; and in Figure 3, a central, the barrel dropped.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of breech-loading tire-arms in -which the barrel is pivoted to the frame so as to raise the breech for the purpose of insertingv the cartridges, and especially to double-barreled arms, the object beinga convenient device for securing the barrel; and

The invention consists- First, in the arrangement of a lever in the tang connected to a bolt, so that, hy the'application ofthe thumb to the said lever, the bolt may be locked or released, as the case 'may be.

Second, in constructing the bolt which secures the barrel in a hooked form, and a corresponding hook ou the barrel, so that, when the barrel is returned to its seat, the two hooks engage, and the bolt draws the barrel hard againstthe recoil-plate.

Third, in the arrangement of' astud upon the frame iii the rear of the hinge or pivot, so as to arresta movement of the barrel, when the breech has been raised sutlciently high for the insertion ofthe cartridges.

Fourth, in combination with the stud, arranged as described, my invention consists, further, in the arrangement of' the retractor'so as to be operated by the said stud during the movement of the barrel.

A is the frame, towhich, at a., the barrel B i's pivoted, so as to Abe dropped at the muzzle, and raised at the breech, as seen in tig. 3, for the insertion of the cartridge.

C, the recoil-plate.

D, the tang, which extends back onto the stock in the usual manner.

E is a lever, pivoted to the tang at c, here represented as extending through a mortise in the tang, the upper end of the lever provided with Va thumbpiece, f, for the convenient operation of the lever, so that the lever may be conveniently operated by the thumb extending on the tang.

F is a bolt, arranged through the recoil-plate, and attached to the lever by a connection, G, so that, by turning the lever in position, as seen in ti'g. 2 to that in tig. 3, the bolt is thrown forward, and vico versa.

The bolt thus arranged may pass into a recess in the rear end of the barrel, so as to lock in position or to release, to open the barrel.

But todraw the barrel and hold it hard against the recoil-plate, I form .a hooked-shaped end, d, on the bolt, and a corresponding hook, b, on the barrel, so that, when the bolt is thrown' forward and the bar' rel dropped into position, as denoted in broken lines, iig. 3, the return ofthe lever to the position as secu in tig. 2, thchook on the bolt engages with the hook on the barrel, and draws the barrelhard against the recoil-plate, as seen in g. 2.'

'Io arrest t-he movement ot the barrel in arms of this description, the hinge has heretofore been constructed with a shoulder upon the two parts, the said shoulders coming together when the barrel was suttciently raised. These shoulders make a. necessary short fulcrum; hence, there is great liability to break the hinge. 'lo avoid this, (this part of my invention is especially' adapted todouble-barreled arms,) I fix a stud, I, in the frame, extending up into a recess between the barrels, and so that, when the barrels are raised, as seen in fig. 3, the rear of said recess will strike the said stud I, and arrest the movement ot the barrels without in any way straining the hinge.

I also l'hake luse of this stud to operate the retracto'r r, which is arranged in a line parallel with, and between the barrels, with a rod, n, extending in the recess made in the barrels for the stud I; therefore, when the barrels are raised from the position showuin Iig. 2 to the position shown in g. 3, the movement-ot" the barrels by the rod n in vcontact with the stud, which causes a lateral movement ot the' rod, which causes theretractor to be thrown out, as denoted in tig. 3. lhe ret-urn' of the barrels to their seat forces the retractor back to its place, as seen in fig. 3.'

I am awa-re that devices for disconnecting and locking the barrels, in a similar relative position to this I have described, are not new; I do not, therefore, wish to be ruiderstood as broadly claiming a device which is operated to lock or release the barrels through the. tang.

I. The lever pivoted to the tang in the manner suhstantially, as described, and combined with the bolt which secures the barrel, so that, through the opera tion of the said lever, the barrel maybe locked or released, snbstantiall y as set forth.

2l rlhe hooked piece on the barrel, and correspondingly hooked-shaped bolt, combined so as to draw and hold the barrel to the recoil-plate, substantially as set forth.

CHAS. GREEN.

Witnesses JOHN H. Summum', J CHN EQEARLE. 

